Nichols Point

23.5% of Nichols Point's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

468 family households lived in Nichols Point; 56.2% were couple families and 8.5% were one-parent families.

40.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Nichols Point had 1,723 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.6% of occupied private dwellings in Nichols Point.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

39.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

48.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Nichols Point had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 18.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 29.5%, while 35.8% had four or more usual residents.

15.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

67.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 17.4% of the total.

79.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.5% reported a different address.

7.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

89.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.0% of Nichols Point's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Nichols Point.

Australian ancestry made up 42.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

21.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 18.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

42.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

64.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 7.7% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.1%.

Median household income was $2,087 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 15.2% in Nichols Point, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 39.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.4% in Nichols Point, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..